For the second round in succession, following on from the Qatar GP when 51 lap times were deleted in the main race, track limits have once again been firmly on the agenda. In the uncompetitive FP1 session on Friday at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, when drivers were not necessarily pushing flat […]
This time last week in Indonesia, Bagnaia lost the title lead to Martin after the Pramac rider won the sprint and moved seven points clear. But a crash for Martin in Sunday’s main race and a win for Bagnaia put the reigning champion 18 clear coming to Australia. Bagnaia qualified third having come through Q1 […]
Ahead of a critical step-up in profile in 2024, with support from all 10 F1 teams in backing a driver and branding cars, F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff is crystal clear about one thing. She says that long-term opportunities for females in motorsport may very well depend on the series succeeding in its mission. […]
From pole, Pramac Ducati rider Martin led for 26 of the 27 laps on Saturday at Phillip Island, only losing the advantage on the very final tour as his soft rear tyre wore out, allowing Johann Zarco to come through for victory. Martin slipped to fifth at the chequered flag, losing further ground in the […]
Photo by: Giorgio Piola Haas VF-23 technical detail A look at the internal structure of the VF23’s nose, without the front wing attached or the main vanity panel installed. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Red Bull Racing RB19 detail A look at the internal make-up of Red Bull’s front brake duct assembly, without the outer brake […]
The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short. Going without a win in his racing career since the 2016 Moto2 Valencia GP, Zarco snatched a maiden MotoGP class victory on the last lap of a thrilling […]
In the Friday evening qualifying session to determine the Sunday GP grid, Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc topped the times with a 1m34.723s final flying lap to pip Norris by 0.13s. They were helped by Max Verstappen having his lap time binned for exceeding track limits at Turn 19 after he ran wide on exit. The […]
Series organiser Dorna announced following Saturday morning’s MotoGP qualifying session that the race start times for all three classes will be brought forward by an hour. The MotoGP sprint race, which had been scheduled for 2pm local time, will now take place at 1pm as a result. It comes amid the threat of rain and […]
Verstappen, who was crowned a three-time world champion last time out in Qatar, crossed the line in the dying moments of Q3 at the Circuit of The Americas to post a 1m34.718s flying lap. That handed him provisional pole over Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc by 0.005s, but the RB19 driver swiftly had his time deleted […]
South African rider Binder left it until the very end of the hour-long session on Friday afternoon to set the quickest lap of the day at the picturesque Phillip Island track, a 1m27.993s. That was just over two tenths shy of last year’s pole record set by Jorge Martin, and enough to beat KTM stablemate […]